Tonga’s 2022 ‘Ultra’ Eruption Rewrote the Rules for Tsunamis. Now We Know Why
Every single house on Mango Island was swept away by the tsunami that radiated out when the submarine…
Scientists drill 33 feet into a vanishing Alpine glacier to recover a 2,000-year climate record revealing ancient silver mining, massive forest fires, and far-off volcanic eruptions
Scientists working on Alpine glacier (AI-generated image) Scientists drilled 33 feet into ice and recovered a 2,000-year climate…
A violent volcanic eruption may have revealed a new weapon to tackle a potent planet-heating gas
When an underwater volcano erupted in the South Pacific in January 2022, it sent a plume of ash,…
A New Way to Fight Climate Change Emerges From Erupting Volcano
When the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apa submarine volcano erupted in 2022, it spewed roughly 2.9 billion tons of ash…
‘What happened in the past is likely to recur’
Researchers analyzing ancient seafloor sediments discovered that West Antarctica’s ice sheet has collapsed and regrown several times over…
How Prehistoric Humans Survived a Supervolcano So Big We Probably Should Have Gone Extinct
If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest…
‘It’s just like opening a Coca-Cola bottle’
As ice caps melt, researchers warn that dormant volcanoes could erupt — and the ripple effects could hit…
Horrifying Research Finds Melting Glaciers Could Activate Deadly Volcanoes
Scientists are warning that glaciers melting due to global warming could trigger explosive — and potentially deadly —…